College Basketball Top 25 Freshmen

As
a companion to CollegeHoops.net's
Top 100 Players Ranking, we present the first edition of this season's Top
25 freshmen list. Players are judged on a combination of a) talent/potential and
b) performance. While the top names on this list (Davis, Kidd-Gilchrist, Rivers,
etc) are known to most college basketball fans, there are surprise names further
down including some hidden mid-major and low-major gems (such as CCSU's Kyle
Vinales and Oakland's Corey Petros).

Rank

Player

Team

League

POS

PPG

RPG

APG

1

Anthony Davis

Kentucky

SEC

F

12

9

1

2

Michael Kidd-Gilchrist

Kentucky

SEC

F

13

7

1

3

Bradley Beal

Florida

SEC

G

15

7

2

4

Quincy Miller

Baylor

B12

F

13

5

3

5

Andre Drummond

UCONN

BE

C

8

6

0

6

Austin Rivers

Duke

ACC

G

16

3

2

7

Cody Zeller

Indiana

B10

C

15

7

1

8

Myck Kabongo

Texas

B12

G

11

4

6

9

Marquis Teague

Kentucky

SEC

G

11

2

4

10

Tony Wroten

Washington

P12

G

14

5

3

11

LeBryan Nash

Oklahoma St

B12

F

13

5

0

12

Kyle Vinales

CCSU

NEC

G

20

3

4

13

Ryan Boatright

UCONN

BE

G

16

3

4

14

Moe Harkless

St. John's

BE

F

15

8

1

15

Corey Petros

Oakland

SUM

F

12

11

1

16

BJ Young

Arkansas

SEC

G

17

4

2

17

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope

Georgia

SEC

F

13

5

1

18

LaDontae Henton

Providence

BE

F

14

9

1

19

Adonis Thomas

Memphis

USA

G

10

4

1

20

Kendall Anthony

Richmond

A10

G

15

1

1

20

Trey Freeman

Campbell

AS

G

17

5

1

21

Kevin Pangos

Gonzaga

WCC

G

13

3

3

23

PJ Hairston

North Carolina

ACC

G

8

2

0

24

James McAdoo

North Carolina

ACC

F

5

4

0

25

Jordan Tolbert

Texas Tech

B12

F

13

6

0

**Stats are current as of 12/14.
Includes red-shirt freshmen.

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